Yes your boat will be able to launch. I have a 17ft deep v. No problems launching. Also you CAN put your motor in the water so you can steer the boat better when using your trolling motor. You can catch any species of fish from shore. If fishing from shore fish to the left of the beach. There are some cribs just off shore to cast to. Or by the landing all they way out to the point past the rental boats is good too.

sorry, can't help with fishing tips but I did talk to a ranger a couple years back. was told gas motors are ok on your boat, as long as they do not touch the water. my motor's prop does not quite clear the water and I have had no problems.

Fished about 6hrs total, caught 5 largemouth and 4 bluegill. I had see abot 30 dead crappies on the surface and i did not understand why. I saw 1 musky surface near the shore where i was fishing and about 3 pike chasing bluegill. There was a couple big splashes across the lake. But over all not mutch at all.

I fished Twin Valley tues,thurs, and Saturday this week and every day saw crappies dying. By Saturday just from boat launch and out past the beach and into the bays on NE side of lake we counted over 400 crappies floating and that is just a small portion of the lake. Don't know how many have died or will die as many more were seen barely moving just under the surface. It could be a kill off in the thousands when all is done. Just saw crappies and no other panfish or gamefish affected. Probably columnaris disease. If I recall, This also occurred in Twin Valley about 8 years ago and many crappies died that summer.

Went out from noon to 5:30 today. Had to hop around a bit but ended up getting on fish. Had to sort through a lot of crap but ended up with quite a nice haul of perch bluegills. Pink/white seemed to do the best. Had 1 flag too but it was a hit and spit.